I want to know, when picking the right race fuel (which I've never bought before), is this one of those times I should be following the labels exactly for my particular engine, or do I just buy the highest octane one they have for maximum performance?

I run pump gas. I want to see what happens with some leaded racing fuel, and sunoco is the brand I looked up and they sell it in Auburn supposedly so Im gonna go get some. According to their chart, their basic PURPLE 110 octane standard fuel would be what I should get, but I want to know, would it be a bad idea to try out the 116 octane RED maximal??

Im not totally clueless, I did read that the Maximal's description, it's for engines up to 17:1 compression and 10,000 rpm, but from lack of experience, I dont know the answer here, IS THIS ONE OF THOSE "BIGGER IS BETTER" SITUATIONS? Should I stick with the recommended fuel, or get the top level fuel?

100 octane gas would be all that's needed w/the CR you're running, provided that estimate is correct or not much higher. 93 may even be all you need.

To find out you need to run at the track using both fuels under the same ambient conditions. Baseline it on the 93 pump gas (this assumes you've optimized the tune for 93 octane), then use the high octane gas and vary the total timing and possibly jetting to see if it picks up ET. Seat of the pants dyno estimations are basically useless when you're talking about 0.10 second changes in ET.